Deer Fire
The Deer Fire burned 11,429 acres in Tehama County, California, in 2013. It was discovered on August 23, 2013, and contained on August 29, 2013. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 11,429 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2013
- Contained
- August 29, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,862 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.033, -121.876.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,429 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,862 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 11,429 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2013, 2:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 29, 2013, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- California
- County
- Tehama County
- Reporting unit
- Lassen National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CATGU
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4002112187220130823
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1519558
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in California in 201312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rim Fire | 255,858 | Aug 17, 2013 | Human |
| Powerhouse Fire | 30,274 | May 30, 2013 | Human |
| Mountain Fire | 27,531 | Jul 15, 2013 | Human |
| American Fire | 27,440 | Aug 10, 2013 | Human |
| Springs Fire | 24,238 | May 2, 2013 | Human |
| Aspen Fire | 22,992 | Jul 22, 2013 | Natural |
| Butler Fire | 22,445 | Jul 31, 2013 | Human |
| Silver Fire | 20,292 | Aug 7, 2013 | Human |
| Corral Complex | 12,531 | Aug 10, 2013 | Natural |
| Salmon River Complex | 12,365 | Jul 31, 2013 | Human |
| Clover Fire | 8,056 | Sep 9, 2013 | Human |
| Chariot Fire | 7,056 | Jul 6, 2013 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.